Mathematics

Bailey Turner

26 April, 00:49

In a study of preferences in leafcutter ants, a researcher presented 20 randomly chosen ant colonies with leaves from the two most common tree species in the surrounding forest. The leaves were placed in piles of 100, one pile for each tree species, close to colony entrances. Leaves were cut so that each was small enough to be carried by a single ant. After 24 hours, the researcher returned and counted the number of leaves remaining of the original 100 of each species. Some of the results are show in the following table: Tree Species Number of Leaves Removed Spondius mombin 1561 Sapium thelocarpum 851 Total 2412 Based on the raw data, without running any statistical tests yet, does it appear that the leafcutter ants prefer Spondius mombin leaves? [x]